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CRITERION: THE RISE & FALL

A retrospective for Burnout and Need For Speed developer Criterion Games. From their beginnings as a small part of Canon to a key part of Electronic Arts' future, and the technology they developed in between.


Featuring voices from

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Sources

 Interview With Criterion

https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-022 


Burnout 2 Preview

https://web.archive.org/web/20071116060055/http://www.entertainmentopia.com/scripts/displayGame.php?id=13 


Digital Foundry Hot Pursuit

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-needforspeed-tech-interview 


Develop Magazine Criterion

https://issuu.com/develop/docs/dev86_web


 A History of Canon

https://youtu.be/mc5HLcPItDI 


Acclaim Gimmicks

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pigeons-to-promote-tennis-game-in-uk/1100-6030283/ 


Acclaim Closes 

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/acclaim-shutters-offices-staffers-ushered-off-premises/1100-6106088/ 


Acclaim Sued

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-27-fi-rup27.5-story.html 


EA Buys Criterion

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ea-buys-criterion-deal-includes-game-studio-and-renderware 


Burnout Revenge Preview

https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/06/18/burnout-revenge-the-interview 


Alex Ward Burnout Revenge Interview https://web.archive.org/web/20060206025445/https://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200602/N06.0201.1832.49161.htm 


Most Wanted Interview 

https://www.gamewatcher.com/news/2012-04-09-criterion-enjoy-total-freedom-with-need-for-speed-built-multiplayer-first 


Criterion Takes Over Need For Speed https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/06/22/criterion-takes-over-entire-need-for-speed-series.aspx 


Criterion Not Planning New Racing Titles https://web.archive.org/web/20131020181815/http://www.digitalspy.com.au/gaming/news/a473431/criterion-games-not-planning-new-need-for-speed-burnout.htmlCriterion 


Founders Leave Studio

https://www.polygon.com/2014/1/3/5269474/co-founders-of-criterion-games-leave-studio 


Alex Ward On Burnout’s Successor Dangerous Driving

https://youtu.be/tz0B_P2e1CM 


Whatever Happened to Burnout?

https://www.svg.com/145261/whatever-happened-to-the-burnout-games/EA 


Gothenburg Now Ghost

https://www.destructoid.com/eas-studio-in-gothenburg-is-now-called-ghost/ 


Ghost Now Working on Need For Speed

https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-gothenberg-is-now-ghost-working-on-need-for-speed 


Alex Ward Looks Back

https://www.gamesradar.com/burnouts-creative-director-alex-ward-takes-us-behind-the-scenes-of-the-acclaimed-racing-series/ 


Project Epic Adventure

https://youtu.be/81p6v7RLqyI   


Project Epic Adventure Cancelled 

https://www.pcgamer.com/criterions-extreme-sports-racing-game-is-dead/
 

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